# S-28 Lewis Creek

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519161
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Leslie, KY
- **Operator:** Blackjewel L.L.C.
- **Controller:** Jeffery A  Hoops
- **Public source rows linked:** 749
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jeffery A  Hoops (C15863) → Blackjewel L.L.C. (0100767) → S-28 Lewis Creek (1519161)**

Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim.

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James River Coal Company → James River Coal Service Company:** 2007-11-08 through 2015-11-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519161; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Blackjewel L.L.C.:** 2015-11-17 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519161; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 6
- Interval anomalies: 0
- Valid-time bounds: inclusive; date granularity; null end means open-ended in the upstream history row; not independent proof of present control.
- Transaction-time observation: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 60 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 98 violation rows across the full record; 29 carry an S&S flag and $23,736 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 129 samples:** Occupational health samples 76 coal dust; 4 coal quartz; 49 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
4. **PRODUCTION — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 42 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 21 contested-violation rows, 21 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 5 linked entities:** Contractors Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
7. **INSPECTIONS — 5 since 2021:** Inspections 43 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

No matched record in the 2024 EIA coal-public workbook. This may be inapplicable for a non-coal operation.

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (6 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2008-12-10 through 2018-03-06; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-10-04 through 2023-10-04; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 92 rows; 2008-01-23 through 2018-05-08; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 21 rows; 2017-08-31 through 2019-06-19; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 76 rows; 2008-01-29 through 2019-04-22; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 21 rows; 2016-04-26 through 2019-01-10; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 273 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 58 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2007-11-08 through 2015-11-17; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 43 rows; 2008-01-23 through 2023-09-21; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 8 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 49 rows; 2008-01-29 through 2018-05-15; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 4 rows; 2017-07-07 through 2018-01-18; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 98 rows; 2008-01-23 through 2018-05-08; source ID `msha-violations`

## Caveats

- This is public-record decision support, not legal advice or an official MSHA record.
- Missing data can indicate no event, publication delay, an unresolved identity, or inapplicability.
- Contractor production data is entity-level and is not attributed to this mine.

## Alternate representations

- HTML: `/mines/s-28-lewis-creek-1519161`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/s-28-lewis-creek-1519161`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519161/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519161/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519161/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`